Construction cost of plant compounds provides a physical relationship for co-product allocation in life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 777-784

  van der Werf, Hayo M G ^a   Nguyen, Thi Tuyet Hanh ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Agri food systems; Allocation; Co products; Construction cost; Economic allocation; Energy allocation; Plant co products

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; LINSEED OIL; NITROGEN; PALM OIL; RAPESEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUNFLOWER OIL;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEET; CASE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION COST; ECONOMIC ALLOCATION; ENERGY ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LINSEED; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED MEAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOYBEAN MEAL; STANDARDIZATION; SUNFLOWER MEAL; WHEAT BRAN; WHEAT FLOUR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84929838953     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0872-0     Document Type: Article

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